Parshat Vayeshev

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Joseph's dreams and his brothers' jealousy, Joseph sold into slavery, Judah and Tamar, and Joseph in Potiphar's house and prison. Genesis 37:1-40:23.

Heavenly Realms

Other Texts Kalach Pitchei Chokhmah 36:17

It's a question that's haunted thinkers for millennia, and Jewish mystical tradition grapples with it head-on. One intriguing perspective comes from the Kalach Pitchei Chokhmah, a ...

Heaven

Pathways of Wisdom

Other Texts Kalach Pitchei Chokhmah 37:1

You’re not alone. In fact, the mystical tradition of Kabbalah has a way of explaining that feeling, and it all starts with something called the "breaking of the vessels." Now, what...

Wisdom

Among the Nations

Other Texts Kalach Pitchei Chokhmah 37:2

Jewish mystical tradition offers a profound, and frankly, pretty comforting explanation. It all boils down to the idea of the breaking of the vessels, a concept explored in texts l...

Exile

Nekudim in Exile

Other Texts Kalach Pitchei Chokhmah 37:6

That’s because, in a way, it is. Jewish mystical tradition grapples with this paradox all the time, especially when it comes to understanding creation itself. : We often assume cre...

ExileJudgmentSefirot

Face to Face at Sinai

Other Texts Kalach Pitchei Chokhmah 37:7

The Kalach Pitchei Chokhmah, a profound text of Jewish mystical thought, offers a stunning answer. It all boils down to this: everything, absolutely everything, is about revealing ...

ProphecySinai

Written and Oral Law of Likeness

Other Texts Kalach Pitchei Chokhmah 37:8

It’s a question that has occupied mystics and philosophers for millennia, and Jewish tradition offers some pretty mind-bending answers. One particularly intriguing perspective come...

TorahSefirot

Infinite and Finite of Supreme

Other Texts Kalach Pitchei Chokhmah 37:9

Jewish mysticism offers a fascinating, if challenging, perspective on this. It suggests that the very act of creation involved both building and breaking. The Kalach Pitchei Chokhm...

HeavenMysticismExileSefirot

Torah and Wisdom

Other Texts Kalach Pitchei Chokhmah 37:10

Jewish mysticism grapples with this very tension. It's not enough, the ancient sages seem to be saying, to simply create. We also have to ensure the endurance of that creation. The...

TorahExile

Longing for Return and Achra

Other Texts Kalach Pitchei Chokhmah 37:12

One way to understand it is through the concept of the Sitra Achra (סִטְרָא אַחֲרָא), Aramaic for "the Other Side." Think of it as the antithesis, the polar opposite of everything ...

ExileShabbatSefirot